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Hulk Hogan has been laying down all kinds of challenges lately, and his latest challenge comes from GnR guitarist Bumblefoot who challenges the 'Hulkster' to write a song on the spot.  It's a bit of a blues song, which has nothing to do with Hulks recent sex tape troubles.  You have to hand it to Hogan, he took up the challenge.  Our ears hurt a little bit now, but we will carry on.

Legendary rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose passed away on Saturday, March 3, at the age of 64. The veteran musician founded the band Montrose with Sammy Hagar in the early ’70s. While an exact cause of death has not been announced, the guitarist did battle prostate cancer in recent years.

While you were focusing on the Super Bowl over the weekend, Slash was hard at work — and all that dedication paid off with a brand new video and completed tracks for his next studio album.

After the shocking and tragic death of GWAR lead guitarist Cory “Flattus Maximus” Smoot, the metal world did was it does best — unite. A memorial benefit show has been put together in GWAR’s hometown of Richmond, Va. All proceeds from the benefit will be given directly to the Smoot family.

Anthrax ripped up Northern Lights in Clifton Park on Tuesday night but before they hit the stage I had a chance to sit back and chat with guitarist Rob Caggiano.  What a great guy. He talked about a lot of things including how the art of buying a record has been lost, his influences, having Joey Belladonna back on vocals,  and about what it's been like for him traveling and playing with the 'Big F

Sad news to report: GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot (aka Flattus Maximus) was found dead this morning by his bandmates as the group prepared to cross the Canadian border on their current tour. MetalSucks.net shared the following statement from GWAR frontman Dave Brockie (aka Oderus Urungus):

I recently got a chance to chat with Iced Earth guitarist and founding member Jon Schaffer and he gave me some incite into the bands future plans and also told me exactly what it takes to maintain the heavy metal lifestyle.

Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger gives you a quick tutorial on how to play the song "Echo" off of Incubus' 2001 album Morning View.

If you’re a Disturbed fan who’s, um, disturbed by the news of the band’s impending hiatus, you can take comfort in the knowledge that guitarist Dan Donegan understands how you feel. In fact, as he revealed during a recent interview with Billboard, this is the group’s first extended break — and he isn’t sure how to feel about not knowing what comes next.

The grunge movement of the early 90's was one of the most important things to happen in rock music.  The song writers get a lot of the credit, but it also made way for some pretty great guitar players too.